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TIL that Russell-Whitehead spent 300 pages in their seminal work Principia Mathematica proving that 1+1=2.

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yAve TIL - “Growing the Beard” is the opposite of “Jumping the Shark”, it is the definitive moment when a TV series begins to become noticeably better in quality. The term stems from when Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) grew his beard between seasons one and two of Star Trek: TNG.
v6D7 TIL Rich Clifford had parkinsons disease and hid it from NASA to fulfill his dream of being an astronaut.
OokR1 TIL that Voltaire's play "La Dépositaire" is based on a true story of Ninon de L'Enclos safeguarding a fortune during the French revolution. From Chapter VII of Life Letters and Epicurian Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos 1903. L'Enclos left 1000 francs for the education of Voltaire in her will!
EmMw TIL the original War on Christmas was waged in New England during the early days of America. Due to Puritan beliefs of the region, Christmas was illegal in the mid 16 hundreds because it espoused “Pagan” traditions. It still remained culturally taboo until the 1870’s.
Oj47 TIL there is an organisation called the Unrepresented United Nations (UUN) that represent Unrepresented Nations and Peoples, so “that they may express their position in the appropriate forums and obtain recognition, since they cannot in the United Nations.”